Great news! Patrick has been confirmed as a speaker of TEDxLugano. Now he really has to learn to speak in decent English! :-) For those of you around Switzerland on April 16th 2016, organizers told us that there are still few tickets available. Don't miss the opportunity! Apply for tickets here: Apply for tickets.
On average, food has to travel 2,400 kilometers from field to table. Traveling that far of a distance requires a lot of energy – it uses up refrigeration, transportation, stocking, and processing. One of the major problems with the way the current agriculture and food system is set up is the fact that food has [...]
<img class="alignnone wp-image-413 size-full" src="https://176.57.150.191/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Agriculture-High-Usage-of-Chemicals.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400" srcset="http://176.57.150.191/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Agriculture-High-Usage-of-Chemicals .jpg 700w, http://176.57.150.191/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Agriculture-High-Usage-of-Chemicals-300×171.jpg 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px” /> This is part 1 of a mini-series of articles on the problems of current agriculture.mens club 24 — The human population in the world never ceases its steady increase upwards, which is why it’s no surprise that [...]
As part of the growing movement of Urban Farming, I’m very happy to announce that Swissponic has joined the Association for Vertical Farming. The association is a “nonprofit organization focusing on advancing Urban and Vertical Farming technologies, designs and businesses” and is the ideal cooperation platform for the actors involved in urban farming. By joining, [...]
As many of you, I recently read the thought-provoking article Why Growing Vegetables in High-Rises Is Wrong on So Many Levels by Dr. Stan Cox of The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. Dr. Cox writing is full interesting argumentations and while I agree on some of them, there are some issues that left me a [...]